Conversations with Farmers in Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka, teardrop of India, besides being the largest exporter of tea (Camellia sinensis), in the world, has varied tropical terrain where many medicinal plants are collected from the wild and are cultivated. In a short-term, recently completed, focused training program, farmers’ societies met with field officers and professionals to share information and learn more about how to grow, harvest and market medicinal plants.
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تاریخ انتشار 2006